Church Celebration Comes To End

May 13, 1986

KISSIMMEE — A temporary marker was unveiled Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, bringing to a close the weeklong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the completion and dedication of the church building.

The bronze plaque ordered is expected to arrive later this week. The marker, a gift from Edward C. Grissom Jr. and Edward C. Grissom III, carries the date of the organization of the congregation, the completion and dedication of the building, and information about the design and construction of the church under the first pastor, the Rev. Caleb E. Jones.

The Rev. John Shaver, church pastor, said there was good response to the celebration, and Sunday there was a surprise visit by the Rev. Dorr Van Etten, pastor of the church in the 1960s.